Thought I'd post rather than dwell much more on this (sorry ladies!). Yesterday DS was poorly (high temp etc)- so he came into bed with me at 5am for a few hours. I suddenly woke having a very vivid flashback of watching firstly the trace while pregnant with him (just before his birth) and then of the endless watching of his SCBU monitors and witnessing his awful desats/apnoeas. I nearly burst into tears it felt so raw again- and realised it was the sound of his breathing (a bit rapid) right next to me which must have triggered those flashbacks. But I was very unprepared for them as he's now 3.8 yrs old! (he was born at 30wks, by emcs, after I developed severe PE/HELLP syndrome- he spent 8 wks in SCBU but has been great since).
Does anyone else still get flashbacks so far on down the line? I realise it probably means I have some unresolved issues with what happened to us but I really had thought I'd accepted/moved on from this, so to be left suddenly so upset (which has lingered if truth be told) really has suprised me and caught me unawares... Please tell me I'm not going insane and this feeling will pass again!
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Anyone else still get flashbacks re. prem birth & time in SCBU?
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JumpingJellyfish · 28/12/2008 16:36
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